{"product_id":"the-world-could-be-otherwise-imagination-and-the-bodhisattva-path","title":"The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn imaginative approach to spiritual practice in difficult times, through the Buddhist teaching of the six paramitas or \"perfections\"—qualities that lead to kindness, wisdom, and an awakened life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what’s hidden, and it shape-shifts reality’s roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or “six perfections”—generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding—can help us reconfigure the world we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from our everyday concerns about relationships, ethics, and consumption to our artistic inspirations and broadest human yearnings, Fischer depicts imaginative spiritual practice as a necessary resource for our troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Outpost","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45971253559343,"sku":"9781611805048","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bcafitnessshop.com\/products\/the-world-could-be-otherwise-imagination-and-the-bodhisattva-path","provider":"BCA Fitness shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}